Family and Education
b. 19 Aug. 1627, o. surv. s. of Hon. Denzil Holles. educ. travelled abroad 1645; M. Temple 1648, called 1661; Clare, Camb. 1651. m. (1) 22 Aug. 1661 (with £6,000), Lucy (d. 15 Sept. 1667), da. of Sir Robert Carr, 2nd Bt., of Sleaford, Lincs., 2da.; (2) 9 June 1670, Anne (d. 8 Mar. 1682), da. and coh. of Sir Francis Pile, 2nd Bt., of Compton Beauchamp, Berks., 1s. 1da. cr. Bt. 27 June 1660; suc. fa. as 2nd Baron Holles 17 Feb. 1680.A. Collins, Hist. Colls. Noble Fams. 169; PCC 210 Irby; HMC Lords, i. 177; ii. 73.
Offices Held
J.p. Dorset 1647 – 48, 1650 – ?53, Mar. 1660–80, 1682 – 85, Wilts. 1653 – 80; commr. for assessment, Dorset and Wilts. 1648, 1657, Dorset Aug. 1660–80, Westminster 1673 – 80, militia, Dorset 1648, Mar. 1660.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Aldenham, Herts.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
HOLLES, Sir Francis (1627-90)
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Oxford 1644
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